Freshman infielder Gabriel Hernandez, better known as Gabe, was a four-year player for the Xaverian in his hometown of Brooklyn, N.Y. In 2011, he helped lead the team to the CHSAA intersectional city championship and earned the MVP honors at the tournament regionals in New Hampshire the same season.

His brother Michael played at Oklahoma State and was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the sixth round in 2002, while his other brother Johnny was drafted in the fourth round by the Los Angeles Dodgers and played Double-A in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.